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<H2>Welcome to the Hang Gliding WWW Server!</H2>

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<B>A WWW server for the foot-launched flying community</B><P>

<!WA2><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/HGMPSVersionInfo.html">v1.3.2,  15-Dec-96</A><P>

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Hang Gliding -- Paragliding -- Hang Gliding -- Paragliding -- Hang Gliding -- Paragliding 
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<!WA15><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/Gallery.html"><H2>Gallery</H2></A>
<!WA16><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/PhotosByDate.html"><H2> Browse Photographs (by Date)</H2></A>
<!WA17><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/HGDigests.html"><H2>Hang Gliding Digests</H2></A>
<!WA18><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/DigestSearch.html"><H3>Search the HG Digests</H3></A>
<!WA19><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/HGsites.html"><H3>World-Wide Site Guide</H3></A>
<!WA20><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/WhatIsNew.html"><H3> What's New This Month</H3></A>
<!WA21><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/MoviePage.html"><H3>Movies! (Quicktime and MPEG)</H3></A><P>
<!WA22><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/PhotosByAlpha.html">Browse Photographs Alphabetically</A><P>
<!WA23><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/Photos.html">Browse All Photographs</A><P>
<!WA24><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/AlecsPicks.html">Alec's Picks -- my favorite photos on the server</A><P>
<!WA25><IMG SRC="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/photos/icons/new.gif"><!WA26><A HREF="http://aa.Stanford.EDU/~Lind/"><BLINK><B>The Lindbergh Project</B></BLINK></A> -- Autonomous solo flight across the Atlantic<P>
<!WA27><IMG SRC="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/photos/icons/new.gif"><!WA28><A HREF="http://www.hway.net/limage/LimageHome.html"><B>Hang Gliding T-shirts</B></A><P>
<!WA29><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/TempFiles.html"><BLINK><B>Just In!</B></BLINK> (just added, not linked to Gallery yet)</A><P>
<!WA30><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/Comics.html">Hang Gliding Comics by Russ Brown</A><P>
<!WA31><A HREF="http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/harry_martin_/">Hang Gliding Comics by Harry Martin</A><P>
<!WA32><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/ProgramPage.html">Download Programs (uuencode, soaring program, simulator etc.)</A><P>
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<H3>Using this Server</H3>
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<LI><!WA36><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/HGMPSHowTo.html#Submitting"><B>How to Submit a Photo</B></A>
<LI><!WA37><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/HGMPSHowTo.html">How to use this server</A>
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<H3>Pilot Services</H3>
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<LI><!WA38><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/PilotDirectory.html"><B>Internet Pilot Directory (HG/PG)</B></A>
<LI><!WA39><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/NewPilot.html"><B>Information for new pilots</B></A>
<LI><!WA40><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/HGsites.html"><B>World-Wide Site Guide</B></A>
<LI><!WA41><A HREF="http://ut.rockymt.net/hang/">Clickable World Map for the World-Wide Site Guide</A>
<LI><!WA42><A HREF="http://lapphp0.in2p3.fr/~orloff/FF/">European Site Guide (Free Flying in Europe)</A>
<LI><!WA43><IMG SRC="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/photos/icons/new.gif"><!WA44><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/StolenGear.html">Stolen Gear</A>
<LI><!WA45><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/Administrivia.html">Hang Gliding Mailing List Administrivia</A> -- Information on how to Subscribe and Unsubscribe to the list</A>
<LI><!WA46><A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/ct/instructor/">Instructors News Letter</A><!tek@snet.net>
<LI><!WA47><A HREF="http://vachss.risc.rockwell.com/hang.ads.html">Hang Gliding Classified Ads</A><BR>
from Fred Vachss
<!Fred Vachss, skypig@vachss.risc.rockwell.com>
<LI><!WA48><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/ManufacturerContact.html#Aircraft">Aircraft and Equipment Manufacturer contact list</A>
<LI><!WA49><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/ManufacturerContact.html#USHGA">National HG/PG Association contact list (USHGA etc.)</A> (see also WW Site Guide)
<LI><!WA50><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/SchoolClubList.html">Schools and Clubs listed by state</A>
<LI><!WA51><A HREF="http://lapphp0.in2p3.fr/~orloff/FF/dic/"><B>Free Flight Glossary</B> (Multilingual Flying Terminology)</A>
<LI><!WA52><A HREF="http://lappc-th4.in2p3.fr/fliss/glossary/search.html"><B>Search the Free Flight Glossary</B></A>
<LI><!WA53><A HREF="ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/wi/wills/waiver.info.html">Information on the USHGA Waiver</A> 
<LI><!WA54><A HREF="http://www.azstarnet.com/~azhg/">Updated USHGA Waiver On-line</A>
<LI><!WA55><A HREF="http://194.19.24.21:3275">Soaring Emporium: A PG/HG discussion forum. (Chatline)</A>
<LI><!WA56><A HREF="telnet://194.19.24.21:3280">TELNET: Soaring Emporium: (Chatline)</A>
<!Moderator: Babette, e-mail b250huyo@cquest.toronto.edu>
<LI><!WA57><A HREF="http://www.att.net/800/cat/h/HA0450.html">Some helpful hang gliding phone numbers</A>
<LI><!WA58><A HREF="http://www.netg.se/~jan/knots.htm">The Knotting Dictionary of Kannet</A>
<LI><!WA59><A HREF="http://www.cadvision.com/Home_Pages/accounts/midtoad/hpac.htm">Current FAI/CIVL records</A>
<LI><!WA60><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/ProgramPage.html#GAP">FAI/CIVL world wide scoring system, "GAP" (computer program)</A>
<LI><!WA61><A HREF="http://tiger2.census.gov/cgi-bin/mapbrowse?lon=-96&lat=37&wid=50&ht=24.1"> Tiger Map Service (to find map coordinates...)</A>
<LI><!WA62><A HREF="http://gs213.sp.cs.cmu.edu/prog/dist/">...then enter here to calculate cross-country distances</A>
<LI><!WA63><A HREF="http://vachss.risc.rockwell.com/kites.html">Hang Glider Model Database</A> <! Fred Vachss skypig@risc.rockwell.com>
<LI><!WA64><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/ParaList2.html">ParaList: a listing of many paraglider designs</A>
<LI><!WA65><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/USHGAbylaws.html">A partial version of the USHGA Bylaws</A>
<LI><!WA66><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/afnor/afnor.html">AFNOR tests for paragliders (French Certification)</A>
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<H3>FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)</H3>
Frequently Asked Questions:<BR>
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<LI><!WA67><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/HGfaq.html">Hang Gliding/Paragliding FAQ (incl. HG/PG/Supine/Towing)</A>
<LI><!WA68><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/HGfaq.txt.html">HG/PG FAQ (text only version)</A>
<LI><!WA69><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/ParaFAQ.html">Paragliding FAQ</A>
<LI><!WA70><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/SupineFAQ.html">Supine Flying FAQ (text only version)</A>
<LI><!WA71><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/DrogueFAQ.txt">Drogue FAQ (text)</A>
<LI><!WA72><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/HamFAQ.html">Ham Radio FAQ for pilots</A><! Jeffrey E. Nielson, M.D., e-mail: XKRV27A@prodigy.com, viskase.corp@aquila.com>
<LI><!WA73><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/SailplaneSafetyFAQ.html">Sailplane Safety FAQ</A>
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<H3>Other Hang Gliding/Paragliding WWW Servers</H3>
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<LI><!WA74><A HREF="http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/hanggliding.html">Comprehensive List of Hang Gliding/Paragliding WWW Servers</A>
<LI><!WA75><A HREF="http://www.housing.calpoly.edu/html/paragliding.html">Big Air Paragliding WWW Server</A><!Kinsley Wong -- kiwong@oboe.calpoly.edu>
<LI><!WA76><A HREF="http://lappc-th4.in2p3.fr/fliss">FLISS-- Huge HG/PG server for France and the World (includes <!WA77><A HREF="http://lappc-th4.in2p3.fr/fliss/glossary/search.html">Free Flight Glossary</A>)</A>
<!Jean Orloff, orloff@lapp.in2p3.fr>
<LI><!WA78><A HREF="http://www.eerie.fr/themes/parateam/index.html">Parateam</A> -- Le Premier Serveur Web Francais sur le Parapente
<LI><!WA79><A HREF="http://www.bhpa.co.uk/bhpa/"><B>Skywings</B></A> -- On-Line edition of the BHGPA monthly magazine.<!danpetty@pncl.co.uk>
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<H3>Weather</H3>
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<LI><!WA80><A HREF="HTTP://www.nws.mbay.net/projects.html">National Weather Service</A>
<LI><!WA81><A HREF="http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/weather.html"><B>Weather Servers</B></A>
<LI><!WA82><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/InternetWeatherInfo.html">Information on other Weather sources</A>
<LI><!WA83><A HREF="http://sfbay7.wr.usgs.gov/~jonathan/wind.html">Bay Area Wind Direction (updated hourly)</A>
<LI><!WA84><A HREF="http://www.metolab3.umd.edu/cgi-bin/imagemap/buttons6?69,62">US Upper Air Soundings</A>
<LI><!WA85><A HREF="http://acro.harvard.edu/GA/upper_air.html">Thermal Index Report</A>
<LI><!WA86><A HREF="http://grads.iges.org/pix/head.html">More weather links</A>
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<H3>HG/PG Competitions, Meets and Festivals</H3>
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<LI><!WA87><IMG SRC="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/photos/icons/new.gif">11th International Hang Gliding Competition in La Victoria, Venezuela, March 1997  <!WA88><A HREF=mailto:arch@infoline.wtfe.com>Alejandro Riera, arch@infoline.wtfe.com</A>
<LI><!WA89><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/mexico/mexico.html">Cubilete Hang Gliding Competition, M&eacute;xico, March 23-30, 1996</A>
<LI><!WA90><A HREF="http://home.sn.no/~geirt/">4th European Championships in Paragliding 1996</A><!Rune Kjormo, rune.kjormo@nlhstud.nlh.no>
<!geirt@sn.no>
<LI><!WA91><A HREF="http://www.cyberpage.com/gcpf/">Great Canadian Paragliding Festival, July 19-21st</A>
<LI><!WA92><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/NorwayPGchamps95.html">Information about 1995 Norwegian Championships\Open Nordic Championships (PG)</A><!e-mail: rune.kjormo@geologi.uio.no or geirt@ibm.net>
<LI><!WA93><A HREF="http://lappc-th4.in2p3.fr/fliss/pwc/caracas/scorpwc1.htm">Paragliding World Cup Results</A>
<LI><!WA94><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/1995Worlds.html">1995 Hang Gliding Worlds results</A>
<LI><!WA95><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/1995USNats.html">1995 US Nationals Results</A>
<LI><!WA96><A HREF="http://192.50.15.33:8082/para/">'95 PG Worlds Home Page</A>
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<H3>Individual Hang Gliding Photo Pages</H3>
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<LI><!WA97><A HREF="http://www.hooked.net/users/rpchin/pix.html">Rod Chin's Hang Gliding Pictures</A>
<LI><!WA98><A HREF="http://www.aloha.com/~mikec">Mike Coombs' Home Page (Hang Gliding Photos in Hawaii)</A><!mikec@aloha.com>
<LI><!WA99><A HREF="http://www.atg.apple.com/Allen_Cypher/HangGlide/RockiesBig.gif">Photo from Allen Cypher</A>
<LI><!WA100><A HREF="http://akainc.com/hang.htm">Rick Hauser's hang gliding page</A>
<!Rick Hauser, rhauser@akainc.com>
<LI><!WA101><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/www.engr.orst.edu/~zane/flying.html">Zane Jacobson Home Page</A><!Zane Jacobson , zane@engr.orst.edu>
<LI><!WA102><A HREF="http://www.kudonet.com/~ericj">Eric June's Hang Gliding Page</A>
<!<ids@kudonet.com>
<LI><!WA103><IMG SRC="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/photos/icons/new.gif"><!WA104><A HREF="http://www.conex.com.br/user/neko/espi.html">Neko (Luiz Felipe Rodrigues ) Photo Page</A> <!Neko (Luiz Felipe Rodrigues), neko@conex.com.br>
<LI><!WA105><IMG SRC="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/photos/icons/new.gif"><!WA106><A HREF="http://users.uniserve.com/~alex/gary.html">Gary Osoba's Photo Page w/ Carbon Dragon and Pliable Moose</A>
<LI><!WA107><A HREF="http://www.why.net/users/kelly.aquila">Kelly Scroggins Web
Site.</A>
<LI><!WA108><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/www.nca.pt/nca/havefun/">Jose Silva's Paragliding Page</A>
<!Jose, jcafsilva@mail.telepac.pt>
<LI><!WA109><A HREF="http://www.upb.edu.co/~danielv/index.htm">Daniel Velez Home Page</A><!Daniel Velez,E-mail danielv@janua.upb.edu.co>
<LI><!WA110><A HREF="http://members.aol.com/RamyYanetz">Ramy Yanetz home page</A>
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<H3> Local Site Servers and Info </H3>

These Links have now all been placed in the <!WA111><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/HGsites.html">HG World Wide Site Guide</A><P>
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<H3>Miscellaneous HG/PG</H3>
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<LI><!WA112><A HREF= "http://hawaii.cogsci.uiuc.edu/invent/i/Lilienthal/library/Lilienthal_Practical_Exp.html">"PRACTICAL EXPERIMENTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN FLIGHT." -- Article by Otto Lilienthal (with photos)</A>
<LI><!WA113><A HREF="http://www.iac.net/~feguy/VSA/chanute.html">1896 Chanute Glider Replica</A>
<LI><!WA114><A HREF="http://www.arpa.net/mackey/hg/hand_gliding.html"><B>Hand</B> Gliding</A>
<LI><!WA115><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/Tales.html">Russ Brown's <B>Tales from the (Inside) Grip</B></A>
<LI>There is an audio review of the Hang Gliding WWW Server at <!WA116><A HREF="http://www.prgone.com/RadioOne/">Radio One</A>
<LI><!WA117><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/RGvario/vario.html">Homemade Vario Design with schematics, by Richard Grant</A>
<LI><!WA118><A HREF="http:// ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/midtoad/flt_poet.htm">Hang Gliding Poetry</A><BR>
from the Hang Gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada
<LI><!WA119><A HREF="http://arwen.arc.nasa.gov/www/arcpla/cv_prg.html">The REAL Pioneer Plaque (Paul Gazis' Home Page)</A>
<LI><!WA120><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/NetHead95.html">NetHead '95 T-shirt info</A>
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<H3>Other Aviation Related Links</H3>
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<LI><!WA121><IMG SRC="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/photos/icons/new.gif"><!WA122><A HREF="http://aa.Stanford.EDU/~Lind/"><B>The Lindbergh Project</B></A> -- Autonomous solo flight across the Atlantic<P>
<LI><!WA123><A HREF="http://www.ihpva.org/">International Human Powered Vehicle Association</A>
<LI><!WA124><A HREF="http://www.ihpva.org/Raven/">Raven Project (new HPA project)</A>
<LI><!WA125><A HREF="http://spot.colorado.edu/~dziadeck/airship.html">Airship Server</A>
<LI><!WA126><A HREF="http://www.notam.com/">Notam.com</A>
<LI><!WA127><A HREF="http://www.landings.com/">Landings.com -- Comprehensive Aviation WWW lists</A>
<LI><!WA128><A HREF="http://www.landings.com/aviation.html">Aviation Archives</A>
<LI><!WA129><A HREF="http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/images.html">Aviation Image Archives</A>
<LI><!WA130><A HREF="http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/reports.html">Aviation Reports</A>
<LI><!WA131><A HREF="http://www.landings.com/_landings/pages/search.html">Aviation Databases</A>
<LI><!WA132><A HREF="http://avion.db.erau.edu">AVION On-Line Aviation Newspaper (Embry Riddle University)</A>
<LI><!WA133><A HREF="http://www.dfrf.nasa.gov/PhotoServer/photoServer.html">Dryden Research Photo Archives</A>
<LI><!WA134><A HREF="http://www.hiway.co.uk/aviation/aviation.html">The UK Aviation Server from Charlie Alpha</A>
<LI><!WA135><A HREF="http://www.aero.com/">Aero.com, commercial Web Aviation service</A>
<LI><!WA136><A HREF="http://aus-soaring.on.net:80/soaring/recwld.htm">Sailplane World Records</A>
<LI><!WA137><A HREF=" http://acro.harvard.edu/SSA/ssa_homepg.html">SSA -- Soaring Society of America (Sailplanes)</A>
<LI><!WA138><a href="http://www.afn.org/skydive/">Skydiving Server</A>
<LI><!WA139><A HREF="http://www.bucknell.edu/~chronstr/orn.html"><B>Ornithopters</B></A>
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<H3> Other interesting Links </H3>
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<LI><!WA140><A HREF="http://www.packet.net/hwyone/freeflite/Welcome.html">Freeflight Skydiving School</A><!e-mail: hwyone@packet.net>
<LI><!WA141><A HREF="http://www.otech.fi/otech/skywings">Skimbat Windsurfing (movie)</A>
<LI><!WA142><A HREF="http://www.sport-hq.com">America's Sports Headquarters (Search Site for Sport Servers on the Web)</A>
<LI><!WA143><A HREF="http://info.er.usgs.gov/network/science/astronomy/index.html">Astronomy Directory</A>
<LI><!WA144><A HREF="http://www.c3.lanl.gov:1331/c3/people/calvin/homepage.html">Views of the Solar System (Galileo)</A>
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<LI><!WA145><A HREF="http://www.dsg.cs.tcd.ie/dsg_people/afcondon/windsurf/windsurf_home.html">Windsurfing Server</A>
<LI><!WA146><A HREF="http://www.cup.hp.com/~footbag/">Hacky Sack server</A>
<LI><!WA147><A HREF="http://www.mech.kth.se/~jens/tramp">Trampofoil -- Human Powered Hydrofoil</A><!Jens Osterlund>
<LI><!WA148><A HREF="http://www.stpt.com/">Starting Point</A>
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New items are always being added to this server.  If you'd like to see what's coming up in the future, click on: <!WA149><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/FutureChanges.html"> Future Changes to the Server</A><P>

The Hang Gliding WWW Server is located at <!WA150><A HREF= "http://www.stanford.edu/">Stanford University</A>, where you may also find the <!WA151><A HREF= "http://aero.stanford.edu/">Aircraft Aerodynamics and Design Group</A> of the Aero/Astro department.<P>

If you are using this server for the first time, or have a suggestion for changes, please send your comments to me at:<P>

<!WA152><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/AlecPlan.html">
<ADDRESS>alec@cougar.stanford.edu</ADDRESS> </A><BR>

<!WA153><A HREF="mailto:alec@cougar.stanford.edu">E-mail me!</A><P>

Send me any interesting links you've collected!<BR>
Thanks -- <!WA154><A HREF="http://cougar.stanford.edu:7878/AlecPlan.html">Alec Proudfoot</A><P>

All Documents on this server Copyright 1996 (c), by R. A. Proudfoot.<P>

Individual photographs are Copyright by the original photographers.<P>

P.S.  Many thanks to Bharat, Chris and Terry for helping set up this server!<BR>

P.P.S. Kudos to John Little for writing the Digest Search script!<BR>

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